I haven't seen Milo and Otis in a long time.

Here is the info on the International Movie Database.

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0097050/

One. this movie was made in Japan. Two, it was made in 1986. Special Effects in movies were well in place since at least 1977 when Star Wars came out. (George Lucas started ILM just to make Star Wars).

To me, it's an earlier version of Homeward Bound. In that movie, a dog gets a face full of porcupine quills. Sure looks real, but I doubt the dog was actually injured.

Here is a great website if there is ever any doubt if an animal has been injured or not:

http://www.ahafilm.org/

(Couldn't find Milo and Otis in the list... must be because it's a Japanese film)

Everyone take a deep breath and calm down.